Organizations as Coercive Institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078479 |
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| Authors | Joseph Soeters (0000-0002-2468-2208, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoso024 |
| OpenAlex | W147635838 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Coercive organizations are the state's instruments used to ensure safety and public order both of its borders and within its borders. As such, these organizations are authorized to approach the general public in a coercive manner and – in the last resort – they are legitimized to use force and violence against those who intend to harm the interests of the state and its citizens. The military, the gendarmerie (Carabinieri, Guardia Civil, Jandarmerie), and the police as well as fire guards and forest rangers all belong to this specific category of organizations. The police and fire guards traditionally have an internal role, whereas the military has as its primary task protecting the state against threats from abroad. However, these distinctions are not always and everywhere clear. In many countries, including in Western Europe, the military is sometimes called upon to perform internal tasks, whereas police officers increasingly are sent to distant regions outside their own nation‐state
Business · Criminology · Harm · Internal security · International law · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Task (project management · Task force · Use of force · Computer Science · Engineering · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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